March 18, 2026 · Gut · DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2025-337945

Token-guided multimodal prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma: a framework steered by tumour-stroma ratio

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The authors aim to investigate whether the tumor-stroma ratio (TSR) exhibits a non-linear prognostic pattern in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and to develop an AI-powered framework for standardized TSR assessment and prognosis prediction. Their findings reveal an inverted U-shaped relationship between TSR and mortality, leading to the creation of a novel multimodal framework that integrates whole-slide imaging and clinical data, demonstrating improved prognostic accuracy. This study emphasizes the potential of combining AI with biological insights for enhanced computational pathology in HCC.

He-Yu Huang, Kun Wu, Li-Mei Qu, Xiao-Dong Sun, Ming-Yue Li, Feng Wei, Ping Zhang, Alfred Wei Chieh Kow, Yu-Guo Chen, Mei-Shan Jin, Liang Guo, Wei Qiu, Meng Wang, Xiao-Ju Shi, Jun-Feng Ye, Chuan-Hao Hu, Yue-Xuan Zhao, Yu Huang, Zhong-Qi Fan, Yu-Shan Zheng, Feng-Ying Xie, Guo-Yue Lv

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